Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) scored his first ever WorldSBK Superpole win with a stunning new track best time of 1’31.912.

Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) scored second place with a last gasp 1’32.341, also under the old track best, but 0.429 seconds behind Bautista.

Alex Lowes (Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Team) secured third place and a front row start for the first race later today.

Sandro Cortese (GRT Yamaha) continued his good form from Friday into Superpole, taking fourth place and displacing the second factory Ninja of Leon Haslam (Kawasaki Racing Team) late in the 15-minute session.

Bautista, Thai WorldSBK 2019

Tom Sykes (BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) made it four different bikes in the first two rows with sixth place, despite still missing some power on the straights. He was just under a second from Bautista.